Parents, Take The Wheel

December 11, 2009|Kimberly Reuther, Tamarac

Once again, another teen driver has been killed. He was 17 and only had a learner's permit. He did not belong on the road without an adult, yet there he was, alone in a car. Because of that, he ended up across a median and head-on into another vehicle. Luckily, the other victims survived.

Maybe the Department of Motor Vehicles and the police should start holding the parents responsible. When a child receives his permit and/or license, a parent should have to sign a waiver holding themselves responsible if that child breaks the law by driving without an adult present when necessary.

Maybe if the parents were held responsible with a hefty fine and possibly jail time, they might wake up and start doing their job by enforcing the rules of the road with their children. Too many lives are being lost because no one is stepping up and doing something to stop their kids from breaking the rules of driving.